Four officers fired on an armed robbery suspect who displayed a "realistic replica handgun" Monday morning near Laurelhurst Park, according to a police spokesman's account of the third police shooting this year in Portland.

Portland Police Bureau spokesman Sgt. Pete Simpson said around 7:30 a.m. an officer driving near Southeast 37th Avenue and Oak Street spotted a blue Honda matching the description of a vehicle used in a Sunday morning armed robbery 15 blocks away at the Jay's Market at Southeast 48th Avenue and Belmont Street.

The officer called for reinforcement and Special Emergency Response Team backup while a suspect slept inside the car.

Before SERT backup arrived, the man awoke and was seen moving around inside. Police ordered him to leave the car.

He emerged, displaying what looked like a handgun. Four officers fired on him.

He remains in surgery with non-life threatening injuries at a local hospital.

The handgun turned out to be a realistic replica firearm, Simpson said.

Police chief Mike Reese and Mayor Sam Adams have been on the scene, where the streets remain closed while investigators continue to gather evidence.